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United Airlines will cease flying to Tenerife South Airport (TFS) on May 2nd. The carrier began nonstop flights from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in 2022 as one of its many summer choices in Europe. It changed the timing on the route at the end of summer 2024 and made it a winter destination. The route has been flown this winter using Boeing 757-200 aircraft and was scheduled to return in December, but it has now been removed from the schedule altogether.
The Points Guy broke the news of this removal. With Tenerife South Airport (TFS) being cut from the schedule, United will still serve five airports in Spain with nonstop service from the United States. These include:
- Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)
- Bilbao Airport (BIO)
- Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD)
- Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)
- Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI)
British Airways, Brussels Airlines, Condor, Discover Airlines, easyJet, Edelweiss Air, Iberia Express, Norwegian, Ryanair, TAP Air Portugal, TUI Fly, Vueling, and Wizz Air will continue to fly there, but no airline will offer nonstop service to the United States. United could always bring this route back, but yanking it from the schedule is not a good sign.
Anthony’s Take: I have never been to Tenerife, but have been to Spain many times. Demand did not meet what United needed on this route and it got the axe. I still give United tons of credit for its creative route network.
(Featured Image Credit: United Airlines.)
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I think Tenerife has never been a popular destination for Americans but Europeans love it.